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Originally Posted by realityloop
WOWIO is a new kind of online bookstore that enables readers to download ebooks for free, using commercial sponsorships to compensate authors and publishers. Readers get free ebooks. Sponsors get a powerful new channel to communicate their message to precisely the people they want to reach. Publishers get a new means of distributing their books, expanding their readership, and monetizing their intellectual property.
For now, WOWIO is only available to people living in the United States. Copyright laws vary by country and currently our licensing restrictions limit distribution to U.S. residents.
http://www.wowio.com/
ps: I was able to sign up, via a US web based CGI Proxy, from Australia  |
I had a quick look at the books and I'd say most of them (at least in the SF category) are available through the Gutenberg project, so they're not offering something that's really new (no bestsellers there). I guess the advantage is that the books are presented a bit better and it's easier to access them.